Divine Emperor of Death

Davis saw Tanya Frostblight and the unconscious Elder Rain leave with the Grand Elder. He knew that they were from the same family since he had once viewed Grand Elder Rosella Frostblight with his Death God Eyes, so he became assured knowing that Tanya Frostblight would return safely.

However, since they seemed to be going in the same direction as him, he followed along for a while. Their speed seemed to be slow, around fifty kilometers per second as they traveled in a boat. After an hour, he arrived at a region where snow became abundant as if it were falling unceasingly.

It wasn't until halfway through this region that they took another direction.

Davis didn't follow the flying boat. He kept moving south and flew towards the Dual Lotus Manor Territory.

However, he suddenly felt hopeful.

Perhaps it was a coincidence meeting with Tanya Frostblight. When he thought of it like this, he felt that there might be a chance that he could meet with Ellia in this Falling Snow Sect Territory. After all, he knew that her powers were attuned to ice, but he also felt that the old monster inside her should also be in no need of law comprehension but only resources.

The Falling Snow Sect should have a bit of ice-attributed resources in this region. Thinking like this with a bit of seriousness and hopefulness, his speed inevitably slowed down, desiring to have a chance encounter with Ellia.

In the end, it took him many hours to reach the Territory Gate leading to the Dual Lotus Manor, and as expected, he didn't have the chance encounter with Ellia like he felt he would have to his disappointment.

Davis landed on the comprehensive platform and walked into the Territory Gate after paying the toll. He had to spend a total of two Mid-Level Spirit Stones to pass the previous two Territory Gates, but now, he spent a single High-Level Spirit Stone to enter this Mid-Sized Territory.

Going by this standard...

'Should I pay up a Peak-Level Spirit Stone to enter a large-sized Territory?'

Davis felt that it was very likely, all the while enduring the Territory Gate's immense pressure. The pressure was equal to all cultivators and didn't seem to change a bit even if he was just a soul body. It made him feel heavy, causing him to tremble minutely.

After a few minutes of walking under the long passage that stretched a few kilometers, Davis exited the Territory Gate, and what flourished his eyes was the sight of the same comprehensive platform, but the vibrancy of the land and the surroundings seemed to vanish, replaced with the common plains and rivers.

Nevertheless, he became astonished to witness two Grand Elder-level Experts hovering at the furthest, obviously posted for security purposes. However, their eyesight wasn't focused on the people coming out of the Territory Gate. Instead, they just seem to be flirting with each other.

On the side of their arms, the symbol of a red and blue lotus growing together. They twisted around each other on top of a lily-pad-like cushion, making it look like they were one in harmony were etched on their robes.

At first sight, Davis knew that they were from the Dual Lotus Manor even if he hadn't seen their robes before, and judging by how close they behaved with each other, it was apparent they were dual cultivation partners!

Once Davis walked a few more meters, he saw that there were even more youths posted for security purposes. He mused that these should be missions given to disciples.

They all wore blazing red and ocean blue robes, making them appear grand and marvelous. Accurately, the men wore the blazing red robes, and the woman wore the ocean blue robes, just like the two Peak-Level Law Sea Stage existences.

Davis walked past them without facing a problem. The Dual Lotus Manor cultivators were too busy with their partners to notice his anomaly of having almost no undulations.

Or was it because there were many like him here that they didn't bother to cast a look at him?

Davis didn't bother with these thoughts much. Once he was out of the region of the Territory Gate, he couldn't help but take a deep breath of the scent of the city. It appeared... fragrant... with a plethora of brothels lining up over the side of the buildings in front of him!

He had entered a city that was right outside the Territory Gate, similar to the Border Towns in the Tripartite Alliance Territory. The only way to exit and roam the Territory should be through this town as he sensed an abnormally strong Mid-Level Emperor Grade Defensive Formation above his head.

It wasn't quite activated, but he could sense its danger looming over him.

Davis looked around. The men beside him possessed questionable expressions as they looked around, their eyes falling on the women posted to attract patrons to their high-class, exquisite brothels while wearing all kinds of robes such as transparent, revealing, extravagant, elegant clothes patterned with attractive embroideries.

Not one of them seemed slutty enough as they kept up their appearance like an overly proud swan. They were more like majestic mannequins on the store-front instead. However, the men flocked over to them like pigs and flirted with them, even gifting them spirit stones in droves as they appeared as if drooling.

Davis's eyes couldn't help but twitch, and he praised the non-existent gods for making him use his soul body to arrive here. Otherwise, he knew that this extremely diluted scent of a low-level aphrodisiac, along with the sight of these expensive-looking beauties, would've naturally made him horny.

"Brother, is this your first time here?"

An arm suddenly wrapped around his shoulder. Davis looked towards his side and saw that a man with a flushed expression flashed a knowing smile at him while holding a gourd-like bottle.

This person appeared to be drunk.

"Hehe... Don't be shy... The way you froze upon seeing these exotic beauties, only able to gaze at them from a distance... speaks a lot about you. Many youngsters from the Falling Snow Sect Territory are like you, appearing in black robes, wearing a mask, afraid that their reputation might take a hit if they're seen in the public."

"This isn't their fault, neither is it yours! I understand your plight!" The drunk man cried out, his voice sounding anguished, "The Falling Snow Sect Territory's women are so stuck up that they are only willing to do 'it' after their marriage! How can a man endure until then!?"

He raised his arm and collapsed to the ground as he lost his balance. Then, a snore emerged from his voice box, causing Davis's eyes to twitch.

He looked around and saw that many other drunkards were roaming around, appearing merry and red-faced, trying to approach newcomers.

'Could it be that they have all wasted their wealth...?'

He mused that this drunk man probably approached him to make some money or even attract a potential patron to a brothel but ended up collapsing from the alcohol's intensity.

He shook his head and promptly left this main street as he felt that this wasn't a place for him.

Davis wasn't against it, but he didn't like flings and even abhorred it.

As he walked, he left the big main street, and as expected, the brothels also became less in frequency, with more ordinary and contemporary stores appearing in his view.

Just because the Dual Lotus Manor was called the land of pleasure doesn't mean that every place, every street would be filled with a sensual atmosphere.

He even saw a store where there were many dual cultivation manuals advertised on a few boards. It seemed suspicious, but since they were all Sky Grade and below, he didn't bother with visiting those shops and walked for a while, intent on seeing what kind of place is the city for a short while.

As he roamed around, he began to wonder about this Territory.

'Dual Lotus Manor... Since it's a mid-sized Territory, how many Ninth Stage Powerhouses exist here...?'

'Ten? Twenty? Thirty?' His eyes shined, 'Or even more...?'

Of course, he felt that the Ninth Stage Powerhouses in the Dual Lotus Manor would not exceed thirty, but there was still the other High-Level Emperor Grade Powers present within the Dual Lotus Manor Territory, equaling in power with the likes of the Alstreim Family but not possessing a good foundation and prone to be erased easily than the hegemons of Small Territories.

Davis felt more excited than ever before he spotted a map-shop with his eyes. He went in, promptly bought a detailed Dual Lotus Manor map with a Peak-Level Spirit Stone amidst the shop owner's astonished gaze, and walked out with the map in his hands.

He opened and cast a look at it for a while, becoming aware of the Dual Lotus Manor Territory's overall powers and organizations. Even from a glance, he could see that this Territory heavily concentrated on dual cultivation methods as almost all the top powers possessed a name indicating so.

"Hey! You loser! Out of my way!"

Suddenly, an angered yet taunting voice fell on his ears.

Davis looked towards the side and saw that there was an extravagantly dressed fat man holding two women with skimpy robes in his arm. He appeared as if he was taking a walk, but the glint in his eyes told Davis that he was here for making trouble.

'Did the map-shopkeeper rat me out of possessing wealth but not having the power to keep it?' Davis smiled in amusement as he chuckled a bit.

"What the fuck are you laughing for!? Are you drunk!?" The fatty pushed the two women away to the side and punched without warning, his big fist approaching right towards Davis's face.

However, the fatty ended up hitting thin air as he collapsed to the ground, even rolling for a while before he stopped.

The two women almost couldn't help but hold their laughter, but they became confused when they saw that the fatty was not moving. One of them went to check before she stated with an odd look.

"He has fainted!"

"What!?" The other woman became astonished, only then noticing that the man with the map was nowhere to be seen.

They looked around, catching no sight of Davis.

Meanwhile, Davis appeared on another street with a smirk on his lips, "I'll take your spatial ring as compensation, fatty."

On the other street, the fatty suddenly woke up as he spat a mouthful of blood to the horror of the two women. The next moment, he instantly raised his hand and saw his index finger, but his precious spatial ring was missing!

His blood connection with the spatial ring was severed!

"Arghhhhh!!! No!!!"

He couldn't help but let out a painful and anguished cry as tears fell out of his eyes!

It was over! His wealthy lifestyle had come to an end!

Davis chuckled as he heard the voice two streets away, but he didn't tarry anymore. He took out a messaging talisman and spoke with a bit of expectation.

"Drake, I'm here..."